Music Teacher Resources

Showcase why music, like language, distinguishes us as humans. Through vocals, instruments and cultural connotations, play to the tune of your classroom.
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Teaching the Letter Qq with ABCmouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Teach the letter Qq with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find: • A color version of the instructional routine for the letter Qq with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities • A printer-friendly black and white version of the...
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Teaching the Letter Aa with ABCmouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Teach the letter Aa with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Aa, a letter pairs coloring page, uppercase and lowercase letter tracing activities, and the ABCmouse letter Aa music video....
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Teaching the Letter Bb with ABCmouse.com

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teach the letter Bb with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Bb with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities, a letter pairs coloring printable, upper and lowercase letter tracing...
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Teaching the Letter Cc with ABCmouse.com

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teach the letter Cc with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Cc with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities, a letter pairs coloring printable, upper and lowercase letter tracing...
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Teaching the Letter Ee with ABCmouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Teach the letter Ee with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Ee with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities, a letter pairs coloring printable, uppercase and lowercase letter tracing...
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Teaching the Letter Ff with ABCmouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teach the letter Ff with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Ff with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities, a letter pairs coloring printable, uppercase and lowercase letter tracing...
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Teaching the Letter Ii with ABCmouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Teach the letter Ii with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Ii with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities, a letter pairs coloring printable, upper and lowercase letter tracing...
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Teaching the Letter Hh with ABCmouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Teach the letter Hh with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Hh with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities, a letter pairs coloring printable, upper and lowercase letter tracing...
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Teaching the Letter Jj with ABCmouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Teach the letter Jj with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Jj with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities, a letter pairs coloring printable, upper and lowercase letter tracing...
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Teaching the Letter Kk with ABCmouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Teach the letter Kk with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Kk with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities, a letter pairs coloring printable, upper and lowercase letter tracing...
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Teaching the Letter Rr with ABCmouse

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Teach the letter Rr with ABCmouse.com! In this collection, you will find an instructional routine for the letter Rr with direct hyperlinks to ABCmouse activities and the ABCmouse letter Rr music video. ABCmouse makes teaching the...
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Multicultural Music: Israel

For Teachers 2nd
Do a grapevine to the left, lift your hands in the air, and sing out, "Hey!" These are the steps second graders will do when they sing and dance the Israeli folk song, "Achshav.”  They will explore the concept of multicultural music and...
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Kindergarten Music Time

For Teachers K
Little ones are led through a series of rhythmic songs and chants while they march, clap, and use their tummies as percussive instruments. They work on singing in pitch, chunking, and keeping a steady beat. 
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Kindergarten Music Lesson

For Teachers K
Singing, clapping, moving up and down with the melody, it all sounds like a great music lesson. Kinder-musicians sing three different songs to practice memory, speaking, and movement skills. They'll move to the melody, build memory with...
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Evolution of Music - Pentatonix

For Students 4th - 12th
Explore music through the decades with an engaging video brought to you by the 5-part harmony acapella group, Pentatonix. Genuine musical talents sing through a variety of popular music from the 11th century to the 2010's. Artists...
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Music in Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Your class can build strong, well-represented opinions about the music they hear. They listen to, and share thoughts about, a piece of classical music. Then they write a piece of music or a poem, and analyze their peers' work and their...
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A Musical Accent Activity

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Budding instrumentalists take on the task of reading accent marks and playing them correctly. They practice playing the provided rhythm or beat, focusing on emphasizing notes that have accents over them. The handout included provides...
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Kotekan: A Cooperative Music Activity

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young musicians explore the rhythms and sounds of Balinese gamelan music, then create their own. They listen to several examples of gamelan music, then use their instruments to mimic the rhythms they hear. After a warm up and practice,...
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A Guide to Great Home Music Practice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
To be the very best musician one needs to be wiling to practice at home. Here is a handy guide to give your young musicians a leading edge on home music practice. It includes a warm up, cool down, suggestions for setting goals and for...
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Music: Caterpillars, How They Grow!

For Teachers 1st
Put on some music and get moving as a way to represent the life cycle of a caterpillar. Kids listen to the story The Very Hungary Caterpillar, discuss the life cycle, then create vocal expression that represent each stage of the cycle....
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Save the Music Concerts: Parts 1 & 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Music aficionados classify pop music into by musical genres or styles. They evaluate the positive and negatives of collaborative performances, view segments of VH1's "Save the Music" concert, and discuss the difficulties of categorizing...
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Trey and Dave go to Africa: Music

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Trey from Phish and Dave from the Dave Mathews Band took a trip to Africa to explore music, culture, and history. Your class watches this episode from VH1's Music Studio to understand how African culture and music have influenced modern...
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Country's Music

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Jazz, Blue Grass, Hip Hop, Swing. Gospel, R&B, Ragtime, Disco. So many music genres born in the USA. After reading an article about the fate of New Orlean's Jazz after Hurricane Katrina, class members investigate the life cycles of...
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Grow a Musical Instrument

For Teachers K - 6th
Music, culture, social studies, and plant growth all in one! Kids explore the various type of traditional African instruments that are made out of gourds. They then grow their own gourds and use them to create a wide variety of African...